As Donald Trump prepares to usher in an oligarchic dark age, Democrats must reflect on how their own flirtation with plutocracy shattered their party’s chances
In his monthly column, John Mitchinson explores how a country house party in Oxfordshire helped invent democracy
The spectre of Boris Johnson’s assault on standards in public life is slowly retreating, argues Josiah Mortimer
YouTuber Niko Omilana’s prank highlights how few checks are made on the real identities of those who stand for election
Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psychic rebellion fuelled by tech-driven alternative realities, writes Hardeep Matharu